Monday 1898-09-12
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield United | 1 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Bramall Lane | 4,500 | |
| Johnson | Lineups | |||||
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First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Everton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | W | D | W | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Preston North End | A |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | W | W | L | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Derby County | A |
| 3 | 0 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | W | W | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 4 | 0 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | W | W | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Nottingham Forest | A |
| 5 | 7 | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.333 | 4 | W | D | D | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Stoke | H |
| 6 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 3 | L | D | W | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Liverpool | A |
| 7 | -1 | Stoke | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.25 | 3 | W | L | D | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Sheffield United | A |
| 8 | -1 | Burnley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.833 | 3 | L | W | D | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Aston Villa | H |
| 9 | -1 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H |
| 10 | -1 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.333 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Burnley | A |
| 11 | -1 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | D | D | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Bury | H |
| 12 | -1 | Notts County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | D | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Newcastle United | A |
| 13 | 0 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.667 | 2 | D | L | D | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Blackburn Rovers | H |
| 14 | 0 | The Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Bolton Wanderers | A |
| 15 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.571 | 1 | L | D | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | The Wednesday | H |
| 16 | 0 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | D | L | L | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Everton | H |
| 17 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Sunderland | H |
| 18 | 0 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.286 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1898-09-17 | Notts County | H |
